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A TED Talk presenter on spoken word poetry had a way to get students to start writing about their own experiences. She would ask them to write a list of 10, and their stories or poems could launch from there. Possible lists:
10 Things I should have learned by now
10 First lines of songs I love
10 Things I have lost
10 Things I've never seen
10 Reasons I would make a good .
A TED Talk presenter on spoken word poetry had a way to get students to start writing about their own experiences. She would ask them to write a list of 10, and their stories or poems could launch from there. Possible lists:
10 Things I should have learned by now
10 First lines of songs I love
10 Things I have lost
10 Things I've never seen
10 Reasons I would make a good .